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A TechServe Alliance report indicates that employment in the fields of information technology and engineering has grown steadily at 4.4 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively, since June 2014. The trade association said July 17 that IT grew by 208,200 workers and engineering added 18,600 workers in the past year as IT and engineering jobs are available […] More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is seeking public comment on its draft guide for securing medical and patient information on mobile devices. NIST said Thursday the “Securing Electronic Records on Mobile Devices” document is the first in a series of publications providing guidance on the use of open source, standards-based or commercially available […] More
A Black Hat survey of information technology security professionals found that IT spending priorities and security tasks at enterprises do not match or keep pace with current threats in the cybersecurity environment, GCN reported Thursday. Mark Pomerleau writes that the 2015 Black Hat Conference attendee survey indicates that the disconnect is due to existing application flaws […] More
The joint venture of CH2M Hill and Clark Nexsen will provide architect, engineering and design services to the U.S. Navy under a $60 million contract modification for option 4 of a previously awarded contract. The Defense Department said Friday CH2M Hill Clark Nexsen Energy Partners JV will support the Navy’s energy-efficient projects and services at various naval shore infrastructure. Support […] More
General Dynamics will continue its upgrade of the AN/BYG-1 Weapons Control System Technology Insertion and Advanced Processing Build software for U.S. Navy and Australian navy submarines under a $20 million contract modification. The company said Thursday the modification extends its efforts to provide additional situational awareness and tactical functions to submarines since the original contract award in 2009. […] More
Lockheed Martin will upgrade the U.S. Navy‘s AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare defense systems under a $154 million, low-rate initial production contract for the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program. The company said Thursday the upgrade is part of SEWIP Block 2 and will provide additional functionality and defensive technologies to AN/SLQ-32 systems on various Navy vessels. Joe Ottaviano, electronic warfare […] More
The U.S. Air Force has issued a broad agency announcement for a $9.7 million funding opportunity in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Super Hard and Deeply Buried Facility Identification and Characterization program. The BAA posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps stated that the AFRL Information Directorate seeks technologies and techniques for the functional assessment, location and […] More
A survey report by Intel‘s security business and the Aspen Institute points to a rising demand for public-private partnerships on threat intelligence sharing among information technology decision-makers for critical infrastructure organizations. An article published Tuesday on Cyber Security Dojo reports that 86 percent of the 625 respondents in the multicountry survey call for increased cyber cooperation […] More
A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the global threat intelligence security market will climb in value at a compound annual growth rate of 14.3 percent from $3 billion in 2015 to $5.9 billion in 2020. The market research firm said Wednesday the projected growth is due to the increasing number of cyber attacks and the corresponding […] More
The Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and TeleCommunication Systems industry team is near hardware and software production for the Low Cost Terminal program after completing the critical design review on the terminal’s information assurance element. Northrop said Wednesday the review focused on the terminal’s protected communications function and used a payload engineering model of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite to test […] More
Skyport Systems has launched its partner program to support managed security service providers, technology resellers and system integrators by providing access to education and training materials and marketing resources. The company said Tuesday the SkySecure Partner Program also offers the Skyport Flight Plan evaluation program, sales and technical tools, and demand generation activities as well as utilizes partner […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group will provide infrastructure design services for Construction Package 2-3 of Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture‘s $1.2 billion design-build contract for the California High-Speed Rail. Jacobs said Tuesday CP 2-3 covers 65 miles of construction and infrastructure improvement work on the future high-speed rail system stretching from San Diego to San Francisco in California. The company added that […] More
